A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, forecasters said.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Normal snowfall, cold temps expected in North Dakota the rest of the winter. Meanwhile, an arctic blast is on the way for the holiday weekend.

Satellite imagery captured blowing snow sweeping across parts of North Dakota and Minnesota on Friday, January 17, as an arctic front settled in to the region.The National Weather Service warned of blizzard conditions along the border with Canada,

The northern lights should continue well into the weekend and may even reach down into the middle parts of the US.

Idaho ranks ninth among U.S. states with the busiest airports in December, according to a new analysis of passenger traffic data. The findings, compiled by luxury villa rental company Cabo

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are poised to dazzle U.S. skies tonight, stretching farther south than usual due to an impending geomagnetic storm. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Deadly low temperatures and snowstorms across much of the entire US reached into Southern US Gulf states on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing areas of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida to a standstill and killing at least 10 people.

To see where North Dakota has been of late and what’s in store down the road, Jeb Williams, Game and Fish Department director, assesses the state of the state from an outdoor perspective.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual midwinter waterfowl survey in early January indicated about 88,000 Canada geese and 3,225 mallards in the state. Learn more in this week’s “North Dakota Outdoors” webcast. Host Mike Anderson visits with John Palarski, the Game and Fish department’s migratory game bird biologist.

The below average count was expected this year for wintering waterfowl due to cold temperatures in late November and early January leading up to the survey.

The United States recorded at least 1,855 tornadoes in 2024, unofficially surpassing the previous record of 1,814 set in 2004.